About three months after I was ordained, the leader of the healing
group "Realm of Light", Neda Lutgen by name, announced that she was
closing the center and moving to Vermont.  The group was shocked,
as we had somehow thought that this healing center would be here
forever.

We minsters began to plan how we would continue the healing ministry.
As soon as the center closed, we began holding a healing circle
at the house of one of the ministers, and soon found a community
center meeting room we could use.

We asked for a name for the group to use, and the name that was
given to me was "Realm of Light" and the group voted to accept
that name without further discussion.  Four of us were elected to
the board of directors, myself being honored to be selected to
serve as president of the board.  We chartered the church as a
non-profit organization, and have held our healing circle every
week since that time.  We also have Reiki healing servcies two
Fridays a month.

We have sponsored numerous other events.  I have facilitated
two new moon ceremonies (I think they were AWESSOME!) and a
chanting/meditation group.  We have sponsored other classes,
including Feng Shui, Herbology, and Personal Growth.

For most of the past 2 years, three minsters have taken turns
leading the service, with Rev. Dave conducting the closing
circle.  Now we have 5 ministers who take turns leading the
service.

We have anywhere between 12 and 30 people attending the service,
with 15-20 being the usual norm.  We have a short message, a
cleansing seremony, a guided meditation, then 1 hour of healing,
during which the ministers go around to each person sitting in
the chairs and administer hands-on healing.  Usually everyone
gets 2 to 3 healings.  After the hour of healing, we have the
closing ceremony, where we bring down light, complete our
healing, send it to those who could not be present but requested
healing, and send healing to the earth.